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Posted
1 hour ago, texbengal said:


Nice. 

I believe the reason for their tardiness was that there was a communication mixup. 

 

Cam Taylor Britt got beat to the meeting by a double move. 

 

The Dline never made it there before the meeting ended.

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Posted
20 hours ago, Jamie_B said:

 

 

I hope you're wrong about them spending, Tee will be gone, they will likely resign Jamar, but they should have money to spend on defense.

 

Bengals should have between 50 and 70 mil to spend next offseason plus up to 9 mil in carryover from this year. Chase is already on the cap at 22 mil for his 5th year option so an extension, even at 35 mil per year won't eat up too much of the space. 

 

Bengals are unlikely to do it but could easily afford to add a 20 mil player, a 15 mil player and a 10 mil player in free agency to our defense, then throw some early draft picks there too and rebuild it.

 

 

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Posted

Piece by Dehner in The Athletic:

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5835035/2024/10/11/bengals-defense-week-6-anarumo/

 

My objective this week was to talk to people from different perspectives of the Bengals conversation who know ball. I specifically chased the answer to three questions about the Cincinnati defense: What is the biggest problem, how would you fix it and is this salvageable?

The knowers of ball:

• Brian Baldinger: NFL Network analyst, called Bengals against the Chiefs and Ravens on radio and is a 13-year NFL veteran as an offensive lineman.
• Diante Lee: The Ringer NFL/CFB analyst with specific expertise in defense.
• Dave Lapham: Bengals radio color analyst for nearly four decades.
• Steve Palazzolo: Co-host “Check The Mic” on 33rd Team, analytics background, formerly of “PFF NFL Show.”
• Lou Anarumo: Bengals defensive coordinator.
• Hilton and Logan Wilson: Defensive veterans from the Super Bowl/AFC Championship Game run and current starters.

What is this defense’s biggest problem? 

Lapham: Up front, they are just not getting off blocks. They are getting locked up and staying locked up. They aren’t aggressively getting off blocks well enough and they are getting moved out of there. It doesn’t look to me like they are making a lot of mental errors in terms of lining up in the wrong gap or evacuating a gap on their own. They are getting moved. That’s an issue.

Lee: This defensive line has taken a definitive step back. Losing DJ Reader is a big piece of that. Having B.J. Hill in and out of the lineup has been a piece of that. Sam Hubbard looks like he’s not as productive right now as in years past. That’s left Trey Hendrickson on an island in terms of trying to get to the quarterback. That’s been a big issue for them all year long is seeing Trey Hendrickson play his ass off and getting a pressure but not really affecting the quarterback because the rest of the pocket is clean.

 

much more at the link

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Posted
17 minutes ago, sparky151 said:

 

Bengals should have between 50 and 70 mil to spend next offseason plus up to 9 mil in carryover from this year. Chase is already on the cap at 22 mil for his 5th year option so an extension, even at 35 mil per year won't eat up too much of the space. 

 

Bengals are unlikely to do it but could easily afford to add a 20 mil player, a 15 mil player and a 10 mil player in free agency to our defense, then throw some early draft picks there too and rebuild it.

 

 

 

IIRC the "meat" of Joe's contract numbers starts next year too.

Posted
17 minutes ago, sparky151 said:

 

It's very different. If the teams swapped defenders, Anarumo would be back to Loudini. 

 

This. 

 

Hell if all we did was add Sauce Garder we would be in much better shape. 

 

Add DJ Reed in the offseason and find another DE, and maybe another DT or S and we can get back to being at least a mid level defense.

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Why is a team that's supposed to be in a Super Bowl window carrying over cap space when they've already got $50M+ coming off the books next year? What are they saving up for?

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Posted
1 minute ago, T-Dub said:

Why is a team that's supposed to be in a Super Bowl window carrying over cap space when they've already got $50M+ coming off the books next year? What are they saving up for?

New Luminas...

 

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Posted
1 hour ago, T-Dub said:

Why is a team that's supposed to be in a Super Bowl window carrying over cap space when they've already got $50M+ coming off the books next year? What are they saving up for?

Burrows number going up and Chase.....and Hendrickson....cant really afford an unhappy Hendrickson

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Posted
1 hour ago, MichaelWeston said:

Burrows number going up and Chase.....and Hendrickson....cant really afford an unhappy Hendrickson

 

Going up next year.. When they will have $50M or more to spare.  

 

The continual poor-mouthing from this FO is ridiculous. Their franchise is a fucking nepotism factory and everyone knows it.

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Posted
12 minutes ago, Le Tigre said:

Still no reason not to add back a productive Tee. I will never buy the “not enough money” bullshit 

 

Not enough money if they want to employ 3 generations of extended family in jobs they can do from anywhere while playing with their phones.

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Posted
4 hours ago, T-Dub said:

Why is a team that's supposed to be in a Super Bowl window carrying over cap space when they've already got $50M+ coming off the books next year? What are they saving up for?

Take a look at some numbers. They are middle of the pack. 20 Teams have more cap space. And the Bengals are lowest in dead cap space. So, I'm thinking two things: First, the Family Brown is conservative in business practice (something we all know) and second, that's just the way the numbers shake out this year. Next year it'll be another, similar number.

 

Compare it to other years and you see a pattern.

 

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Posted
2 hours ago, Jamie_B said:

Hendrickson is coming up in 30, he won't get a 3rd contract here.

Coy Bacon had 21 sacks and was All Pro at age 34 here. 
 

He was also All-Pro at age 35 here. 
 

 

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Posted
1 minute ago, Le Tigre said:

Coy Bacon had 21 sacks and was All Pro at age 34 here. 
 

He was also All-Pro at age 35 here. 
 

 

Sure, but that's not how we operate anymore. 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Jamie_B said:

Hendrickson is coming up in 30, he won't get a 3rd contract here.

He will get this contract extended. Year or two. I was surprised too but that's on the horizon. 

Posted
9 hours ago, MichaelWeston said:

He will get this contract extended. Year or two. I was surprised too but that's on the horizon. 

 

Lots will be decided if they draft a DE early.

Posted
3 hours ago, High School Harry said:

Elvis Peacock

Samoa Samoa

also Bengals

Five of my favorites were Otis Sistrunk, Phil Villapiano and Randy Vataha.

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